> it has a fully script-based syntax now
What does this mean? This being a revelation for a web tech solution strikes me as strange. I saw a tiny bit of CF like 25 years ago and perhaps mistakenly thought it did this back then.
It used by be a markup language like:
<cfif blah="something is true">do this<cfelse>do that</cfif>
<cfscript> // scripty stuff </cfscript>
It used by be a markup language like:
But now it has its own scripting language like: At least, that is how it used to be :)